Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

900, 200, and TO be built In four years: ~ 10 "
| be IN The Renaissance style, lis dimensions
| 1920 by 900 feet. The site covers twenty
| aci es IN the hes. part of the city.
President GREvY, or rather his master OF
the ceremonies, has narrowly escaped giving
| Germany a pretext for war. BY some NILS
| hap in the Invitations TO the last ball ~ the
| Ely see, the mil tarv attaches of the German
Embassy were quite forgotten. Count NUNS
| ter at once asked " hat it meant. and a special
envoy had to be sent him to explain the over
! sight.
| IN CATLIN, ILL.,, some years since, school
| teacher severely whipped girl one OF MS
| pnpils and her parents prosecuted him. lie
was fined, but as he behaved with dignity.
| the pupils raised the amount of the fine, ana
| the girl herself became one of MS 1renus'
| Now, after several years OF their friendship;
| they have married 1t is to be hoped ne VIII
| never hip her again.
! The blue grotto Of Capri is threatened
either with destruction or being closed to the
public. An American has bought the land
over it, and he claims that every thing below
the surface belongs to him. In vindIc at On OF
| his right he has brought a suit. III ne WINS III
| he will be able to close the grotto. ii ne loses
| 1t he will be able to make hole througn the
| ceiling. which will put an end to the Dlue re-
| Il ctlon inside 1t.
The meanest man lives in Chicago. At the
| beginning of the month he made wager with
| MS Wilc tUAL SHc COuluu COZ q Juan q N"J
| for thirty DAYS in February. II she did he
| was to give her new silk dress; If she failed
| she was TO Duy him new suit of clCt Ties. The
| guileless and unsuspecting woman finished
| her sixteenth quail (afier heroic struggle
| with her rebelllous stomach) before she dis
| covered that February had but tWenty-elgnt
| days. The horrid husband, who says he
KNEW it all the time" Is claiming the wages
| of his sin, but we suspect that the tempera-
| ture will be very low when he gets it.
| A FORTUNATE New Yorker who has made
money in specially is Charles L. Ritzmann.
| who began in 1879 to collect portraits and
| photographs of prominent persons in social,
| religious. theatrical and public life. The hrrt
| collec ion which hung in his show window
comprised five photographs. To-day he has
| more than IS 600. the collection being worth
| between $4,000 and $4,000. The market value
| OF the photographs ranges from 25c. to $40
| each. AS. an instance of the exten=ive varl-
| ETY. 1t may be noted That ne has $50 different
! poses OF Ellen Terry and more than $50 of
| Mrs. Langtry. Mr.. Ritzmann owns several
| apartment houses in Ninth and Tenth ave-
| nues. He Is a slender man with a lean face.
blond moustache and shock OF yellowish-
| brown hair.
| THE death of Mrs. Maria Hunter. the widow
of Gen. David Hunter. U. S. A, REGAL the
| fact that she was the first white child born in
| Chicago. Her father was one of the pioneers
to the West, and settled at the military post
| on the site of the city OF Chicago. In 1893
Mrs Hunter was born. The family escaped
| the terrible Dearborn massacre, in !ol2, by
| being taken in a small boat and rowed out
| into the lake Hrs. Hunter was then but
years of age. Gen. Hunter met her when
| he was stationed at the military post. The
| bridegroom desired to be married. AMI to Sc
| cure a license he was obliged To ride on horse
back over i00 miles, to Peoria. He was true
| lover, and thought little of the task. He re-
iurned with the precious document, and his
betrothed met him, and the ceremony was
performed.
A GRAVE has lust closed in Wllesden Gene
terry, England, over a remarkable woman,
Susan Oldleld, the first uperor OF the Com
munity OF st. Peters, Kilburn, which was
founded by Mr.. and Mrs. Lancaster in 1861.
in a small house in BromptOn square and
moved in 1857 TO kilburn, where the Sisters
accommodate more than hundred patients.
In 1866, during the terrible outbreak OF
cholera, the sisters labOred iDdeIaugably in
/ Radcliffe highway ana won the warm SYM
pathy of Archbishop and Mrs. TaiU, and the
latter conhded her seaside orphanage in Kent
to the care Of the Sisterhood. who han like
wise homes at WOkiug and Llttlehampton
and conducted number of missions in the
East End of London. The Superior's power
of organization and grasp of details were
| conspicuous, while her social gifts. influence
over others, and sweetness of disposition
made her intensely popular, as the immense
ate ndance Of rich and poor at her funeral
testified.
OF the twelve months in the year Novem-
her is reckoned in certain villages in Holland
to be by far the most important. The four
Sundays of this month are known respective
ly as Review Sunday, Decision Sunday. Pur-
chase Sunday, and Possession Suuday-names
| which sufficiently explain the purposes to
which each Is put ny the young people. On
the first Thursday in November all the viii
| iagers turn out IN their best attire to be
present at the village fair and watch the re-
spectve couples perform the country dance,
which Is the lnyariabe opening of such
| IN
girls ana young men, alter the
morning service, walk up and down
staring at one another to their
hearts content. Having made up their
minds whom TO select on the following Sun
day, the youths, with the politest bows mag
Unable, salute the fair ones, ana judge from
the way in which their courtesy is RESPONDED
to whether success or defeat IS to be their lot.
The third Sunday Is devoted TO the less ro-
mantle task OF obtaining the consent of the
| parents. and arranging in business-like fash
ion the details of the marriage settle
ment. The stern hearts of those in authority
! having been satisfactorily suOdued. all the
ing; but not until Possession sunday comes
round are the happy betrothed permitted
more than an affectiOnate gaze, or, at most q
tender squeeze of the hand.
ALL mankind has heard of the Countess de
La Tore of London, who is crazy on the sub
ject of cats She has whole string of cats
following her wherever she goes, and her
HOube is OCCuDleu Dy catS from RafreJ 10 cell
lar. 1t has never yet been definitely settled
just how many cats the Countess does pos
sess. She sometimes goes 10 visit her friends
and is invariably accompanied by feline
coterie. Her fortune has been exhausted in
various freaks of dIsordered fancy. and she is
now almost beggar. She went last week to
visit a lady at Hammersmith, and. as she
took a whole tribe OF cats with her, she
became such an intolerable nuisance that
her hostess, after many hints In vain
to get her away, in fit of despair
went to Police Justice Paget of the district
and made comp amt. Her case came up,
and among the questions prOpounded by the
Justice in his monotonous inquiry was: SLOW
many cats had the Countess with herr" The
complainant did not know, but the Inspector
of Nuisances declared that he had come along
the day before and removed twelve Mr.,
Justice Paget said that he had heard OF the
Countess before. He expressed great SYM
patty r the omDlainant, but said thtt the
only way for her to get rid OF her trouble
some guest and her cats since they had come
into her house by invitation, was TO put them
out by force IL they would not 20 by moral
suasion. The lady returned home and had
the Countess and the remnant of her visiting
contingent of cats elected.
TIE Chinese Minister ate his first dinner
at the White House this season less than a
fortnight ago, when the President gave the
dinner to the diplomatic corps. On the day